Please Pray...

Did you ever feel bad for being blessed because one of your friends was not so blessed in the same way?

I am starting to feel that for a dear friend from church, who just let us know that they lost their baby. This sweet lady was showing and made it to 21 weeks...suspicions rose at the 20 week ultrasound due to the small size. The follow up sonogram today showed no heart beat and fluid in the brain and lungs; there were other tests done, including an amniocentisis, and at this point they suspect a chromosomal problem. She will be induced this week...

I can't imagine such a hardship without feeling hopeless...I can't fathom going through the immense pains of labor, knowing that your first childbirth experience will be a stillbirth...They have reasons to be hopeful, first of all Jesus, as well as a womb capable of pregnancy again (it's not like a miscarriage due to problems with mom's body). Still, I would probably be crying endlessly for days, and Brooks would just hold me and not know what to do to help me, while being just as sad...

Then I think of the extended conversations we had Sunday about babies and stuff for them and dad's roles, and how we have a little baby, and they have to wait that much longer to experience the joy we have, but going through a lot of grieving first...I could use some prayer, just so I don't say or do something that would make it worse, or that I won't make it worse by just being...there are a lot of hard things in the world, and this is one of the hardest, if you ask me. :(

God is faithful, sovreign, and holy, and will comfort them, I know, but they still need our prayers. Would you please join us?